What Is The Result Of The Tom Robinson Trial

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The result of the trial is going to be that the judge will actually look at the evidence and not the color of skin, and will not accuse Tom Robinson of rape, because of the fact that Mayella's evidence did not make sense of the scenario at all. And during the testimony where Mayella and Tom Robinson were saying there sides of the story, Tom seemed like a very respectful guy and would never do anything like rape, where on the other side Mayella's story makes no sense and she has no strong proof at all that he did it. So hopefully the judge will look at the actually facts to base who is right and not the color of Tom Robinson's

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